Chia-Wei Hsu (Taiwan)
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Title
Chia-Wei Hsu (Taiwan)
Description
Huai Mo Village, Thailand, 2012, 8 min 20 sec
Ruins of the intelligence bureau, Thailand, 2015, 13 min 30 sec
White Building – Sva Pul, Kong Nay, Sisters, Rooftop, Cambodia, 2016, 18 min
The artist will be present.
Chia-Wei Hsu’s ten-year long engagement with the moving image and the forgotten stories of the Cold War in Southeast Asia resulted in a complex body of works which address major historical events through the lens of minor narratives, often embedded in remote locations, that weave together reality and fiction, myth and history. Delving into the history of the Huai Mo Village in northern Thailand, the artist collaborates with soldiers and children to trace the story of the exiled Chinese soldiers who settled at the Thai-Myanmar border and were never able to return home. In Cambodia, the artist looks at the White Building in Phnom Penh to reference the violent history of repression during the Khmer Rouge occupation, where 90 percent of performance artists were executed. After liberation, the surviving artists were assigned accommodation in the White Building. In the wake of its upcoming demolition, Hsu invited four second- generation performing groups to engage with the White Building, their former home.
This Screening is part of the public programmes of Ghosts and Spectres – Shadows of History, as well as Archifest 2017: Building Agency.
Ruins of the intelligence bureau, Thailand, 2015, 13 min 30 sec
White Building – Sva Pul, Kong Nay, Sisters, Rooftop, Cambodia, 2016, 18 min
The artist will be present.
Chia-Wei Hsu’s ten-year long engagement with the moving image and the forgotten stories of the Cold War in Southeast Asia resulted in a complex body of works which address major historical events through the lens of minor narratives, often embedded in remote locations, that weave together reality and fiction, myth and history. Delving into the history of the Huai Mo Village in northern Thailand, the artist collaborates with soldiers and children to trace the story of the exiled Chinese soldiers who settled at the Thai-Myanmar border and were never able to return home. In Cambodia, the artist looks at the White Building in Phnom Penh to reference the violent history of repression during the Khmer Rouge occupation, where 90 percent of performance artists were executed. After liberation, the surviving artists were assigned accommodation in the White Building. In the wake of its upcoming demolition, Hsu invited four second- generation performing groups to engage with the White Building, their former home.
This Screening is part of the public programmes of Ghosts and Spectres – Shadows of History, as well as Archifest 2017: Building Agency.
Date
6 Oct 2017, Fri 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
Rights
Image credit: Screenings: Chia-Wei Hsu, Friday, 6 Oct 2017, The Single Screen, NTU CCA Singapore. Courtesy NTU CCA Singapore.
Event Item Type Metadata
Duration
1 hour, 30 minutes
Event Type
Screening
Participants
Chia-Wei Hsu
Location
The Single Screen, Block 43 Malan Road
Files
Collection
Citation
“Chia-Wei Hsu (Taiwan),” CCA Digital Archive, accessed May 8, 2024, https://digitalarchivecca.omeka.net/items/show/8.